The Ninth Circuit has confirmed that right of publicity claims purporting to arise from expressive works, like films, are content-based restrictions on speech that are presumptively unconstitutional, and generally should not...more
3/2/2016
/ Anti-SLAPP ,
Breach of Contract ,
Defamation ,
False Light ,
First Amendment ,
Fraud ,
Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress ,
Invasion of Privacy ,
Motion Picture Industry ,
Negligent Misrepresentation ,
Right of Publicity
In a victory for all authors of fiction, a screenwriter of the film “What Maisie Knew” has successfully defended a lawsuit that sought to hold him liable for defamation based on the portrayal of a character drawn from an 1897...more